Waste Management Sector’s Contribution to Meeting Sustainable Development Goals: A Social Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Abstract

This chapter provides a comprehensive study on the relationship between waste management and sustainable development goals (SDGs). The study aimed to determine local indicators in each country that are contributing to the SDG through social domains. The study proceeded with the scoping of literature using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist, followed by the life cycle assessment-SDG screening using the Life Cycle Initiative (LCI) product social life cycle analysis matrix, and the Granta Social Audit Tool Excel software created by ANSYS Design. The study highlights that ASEAN countries still have a long way to go in waste management and achieving ideal waste management performance, with worker's category having more non-compliant indicators. Indonesia’s results show that six indicators are non-compliant in the worker's category. While in the Philippines, five indicators were non-compliant, and one has no data available based on the Granta social audit tool. Notably, the worker's category has more indicators that have non-compliant, and no action was taken based on the assessment. Hence, this category should be investigated when making policies regarding solid waste management in ASEAN countries and other developing countries. Moreover, the value chain category, wellbeing, satisfaction with life, and global peace index have no indicators matched specifically to SDG. Policymakers can propose and implement such policies to help them protect their individual rights.